Sentences with phrase «apple picker»
The phrase "apple picker" refers to a person who gathers apples from trees. Full definition
«Florida is working on an orange picker, France and Hungary on apple pickers.
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A labor conflict between migrant apple pickers and the local growers» association is the backdrop against which Jim Nolan (Franco) becomes involved in the labor movement and rapidly matures as he learns what it means to do organizational fieldwork.
Opening Night: IN DUBIOUS BATTLE Mon, May 1, 7:00 p.m. James Franco is a fiery union organizer who sets out to rally apple pickers in central California during the 1930s with his young protégé (Nat Wolff).
Originally built for apple pickers.»
Their apple transporting tubes allowed apple pickers to stay on top of the ladder and feed apples into the tubes instead of having to go back and forth carrying buckets.
Kate: Before I started Woolen Moss, I was a seamstress, a bookkeeper, a waitress, a gardener, an apple picker, a shop keeper, and many other things.
It was, in fact, mostly picked over but with our apple picker we were able to snag the best apples at the tops of the trees.
He befriends a young couple who travel to the orphanage to abort an unwanted pregnancy, and leaves to become an apple picker and see what's out there.
Franco also stars here as Mac, an organizer for a group that is trying to unionize the apple pickers.
However, the influx of laborers has driven wages down, much to the chagrin of the apple pickers.